Legrand North America (West Hartford, CT): Sarah Levine is now the company’s director of Circular Economy. She comes to Legrand with experience in sustainable business practices working for Apple, Mattel and Boeing. At Legrand, she will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies that will help Legrand to reduce waste and maximize the lifespan of products.
Legrand believes this hire will continue to help the company further pursue the milestones laid out in its CSR roadmap. Legrand has set an ambitious goal to achieve a 15% recycled plastics use rate and a 40% recycled metals use rate in products manufactured by 2024, in addition to eliminating 100% of single-use plastic in flow packs and expanding polystyrene packaging.